# Accident 20050210001169A: Beech A36, Bay St Louis, MS, February 10, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2005, 17:30 local time
- Place: Bay St Louis, MS
- Airport: Stennis International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3678° N, 89.4547° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3678&lon=-89.4547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6742S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6742S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050210001169A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) PILOT STATED HE DID NOT HAVE THREE GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHTS OR WARNING HORN DURING APPROACH TO LAND. HE BELIEVED THE GEAR WAS DOWN, DUE TO SOUND OF GEAR, AFTER GEAR HANDLE PLACED DOWN. AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 36. THE NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AT APPROX. THE 3300 FEET MARK. THE PROPELLER MADE SEVERAL STRIKES ON THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF RUNWAY INTO SAND AND STOPPED. NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC05LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA029), Feb 10, 2005: Beech A36 (N6742S), Bay St. Louis, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to use the manual emergency landing gear extension mechanism during the approach to land, which resulted in the electrically actuated main landing gear collapsing during the…

## Other reports on N6742S (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20031119035179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031119035179I), Nov 19, 2003: Beech A36 (N6742S), Sidell, LA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot statement: re: report of aviation accident on 11/19/2003 N6742S A36 bonanza; aircraft owned by free sky, LLC [privacy data omitted] PIC: george…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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